Tag: civilians
Airstrike kills five civilians in southern Afghanistan
dpa/GNA – Five civilians, including a child, were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand, local officials said on Thursday.
At...
Two Policemen, civilians on bail over sale of weapons
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday granted a GHC500,000.00 bail with two sureties, each to four persons including two policemen over an alleged sale...
Sophisticated arms and ammunitions in civilian hands in Tamale
The police on Friday said civilians in Tamale Metropolis have in their possessions heavy and sophisticated arms and ammunitions.
Gun shots were heard from people...
Civilians in Tigray, Ethiopia endure conflict, disruption of services: UN
The United Nations and partners in the Tigray area of Ethiopia are working to protect civilians in the face of conflict, the disruption of...
6 civilians killed, 12 injured as fighting intensifies in Afghanistan
At least six civilians were confirmed dead and 12 others injured in Afghanistan on Thursday as fighting escalated in the militancy-battered country, officials...
18 civilians killed in conflict in Donbas in first 7 months: UN official
Eighteen civilians were killed and 89 wounded in conflict in Donbas in the first seven months of this year, which are 10 percent less...
13 civilians killed in improvised bomb blast in South Afghanistan
Thirteen civilians, including six children, were killed in an improvised bomb explosion in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province on Friday, a hospital source told...
Libya’s UN-backed Government accuses eastern-based army of killing, arresting civilians in Sirte
The UN-backed government of Libya on Wednesday accused the rival eastern-based army of killing and arresting civilians in the city of Sirte, some 450...
Two blasts hit southern Philippine town, at least nine dead
Two explosions rocked a southern Philippine town on Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring 16 others, officials, the military and police said.
The...
Gunmen kill at least 11 in northern Nigeria attacks
Gunmen in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna allegedly killed at least 11 villagers in attacks extending over multiple days, according to local authorities on...
118 killed in South Sudan clashes
At least 118 people have been killed in clashes between armed civilians and government forces carrying out a disarmament exercise in the northern Tonj...
Car bombing kills 7, wounds 16 in Afghanistan’s eastern Ghazni province
Seven people have been confirmed dead and 16 others wounded as a car bombing targeted a police center in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province on...
21 killed in gunmen attack in northern Nigeria: police
At least 21 people have been killed and many others injured in an attack carried out by gunmen in northern Nigeria between Wednesday...
8 civilians killed, 30 injured in car bomb blast in E. Afghanistan
At least eight civilians were killed and 30 others wounded when a car bomb explosion took place in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province on Thursday...
Declaration Of Non-International Armed Conflict In Ambazonia (Southern Cameroons)
On July 4, 2020 at Accra, Ghana, the Organization of Emerging African States (OEAS), an international organization serving the emerging states of Africa seeking...
UN chief urges continued international support for Mali amid growing terrorist threat
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday stressed the need for continued international commitment to Mali, as the country continues to navigate the path...
At least 15 civilians killed by gunmen in Burkina Faso
At least 15 merchants were killed in an ambush by gunmen on Friday in Burkina Faso's northern Loroum province, according to a governmental statement...
East Africa’s flood-hit civilians more vulnerable to COVID-19
Nearly half a million people that are currently displaced by severe flooding across the eastern African region are at a higher risk of contracting...
Libya’s UN-backed government refuses to stop military action
Libya's UN-backed government on Thursday rejected stopping all military operations in Libya, following the rival eastern-based army's announcement of a humanitarian truce during...
Six abducted civilians freed in Cameroon
Six civilians, who were kidnapped a week ago in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region of Southwest, were released on Monday after "severe beatings", according to...
UNSMIL condemns attacks against civilians in Libya
The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday condemned the attacks on civilians in Libya, a day after indiscriminate shelling killed 4...
Police arrests suspected military and civilians robbers
The Central Regional Police Command has arrested four military men and their five civilian accomplices for allegedly robbing some quarry sites in Gomoa Ojobi...
Taliban attack kills 7 civilians in W. Afghanistan
Militants affiliated with the Taliban outfit killed seven civilians and wounded 17 others in an attack in Kushk Rubat Sangi district of Afghanistan's western...
Skirmishes flare up in eastern South Sudan amid displacement of civilians
Inter-ethnic clashes in the newly created Pibor Administrative Area of eastern South Sudan, have displaced thousands of civilians, medical charity Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF)...
Skirmishes flare up in eastern South Sudan amid displacement of civilians
Inter-ethnic clashes in the newly created Pibor Administrative Area of eastern South Sudan, have displaced thousands of civilians, medical charity Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF)...
Cameroon sets up commission to probe alleged killing of civilians in restive Anglophone region
Cameroon has established a commission to investigate the alleged killing of civilians in Ngarbuh, a village in the Northwest region, state television CRTV reported...
1.9 million people need humanitarian assistance in NE Syria
A United Nations relief official on Thursday said that civilians remain extremely vulnerable in northeast Syria, while an estimated 1.9 million people require humanitarian...
UN concerned over impact of Libya fighting on civilians
The United Nations is concerned about the impact on civilians in Libya following recent bombardments that have killed at least one civilian and injured...
Maintaining relations with the police; gauging the viable
“Every caller at the Police Station is a potential Ally,” is the mantra that guides customer service at the Police Station. This...
SADC condemns attacks on civilians, peacekeepers in DRC
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Friday condemned the continued attacks on civilians in the town of Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic...